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Men’s health week Andrology Australia has developed free resources such as posters and information brochures for pharmacies to support and encourage men to talk about their reproductive health, with Men’s Health Week taking place 15-21 Jun. For more information see www.andrologyaustralia.org.

This week Pharmacy Daily and Plunketts are giving away a pack of Nutri-Synergy skincare each day, including NS Dry Skin Moisturiser and NS Soap Free Wash.

New packaging for Nutri-Synergy skincare is now being introduced into pharmacy – brighter and more modern. NS combines natural therapeutic actives to effectively treat dry, sensitive and problem skin and works in synergy with the skin, to restore and maintain its healthy condition. NS is natural dermatology. For more info go to www.NutriSynergy.com.au To win be the first from QLD send the correct answer to the following question to comp@pharmacydaily.com.au Name one of the “nasties” that Nutri-Synergy products do not contain.

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APLF workforce summit The Australian Pharmacist Liaison Forum (APLF) will host the profession’s first ever Pharmacist Workforce Summit later this month.

The event is being organised in collaboration with Monash University’s Project Pharmacist, with APLF chair Professor Iqbal Ramzan saying it’s hoped the summit will “address issues relating to enhancing utilisation of the Australian pharmacist workforce.

“We would like to achieve a set of consensus outcomes from this day that can pave a path for a united way forward,” he said.

The Pharmacy Board of Australia is also supporting the event,

Vale Peter Brand The Australian pharmacy sector is mourning the death of former PSA National President Peter Brand, who died in Brisbane last week.

Brand’s illustrious career included receiving the PSA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008, while in 2009 he received an Order of Australia for service to the pharmacy profession.

His funeral will take place in Brisbane tomorrow.

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with the APLF already canvassing responses from all of the major pharmacy organisations via a survey feeding into the development of the summit program.

The Summit will also feature Dr Adrian Webster from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare & Professor Anthony Scott who leads the Centre of Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamics.

The Summit will take place Fri 26 Jun 15 at Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Last minute ball tix The Danii Foundation has some last minute space available at this weekend’s annual Jelly Bean Ball, which raises funds to make affordable, life-saving alert technology a reality for people with type 1 diabetes.

Taking place at the Sydney Sofitel Wentworth Hotel on Sat 13 Jun, bookings can be made via emily@ danii.org.au or on 02 9888 5555.

Script forgery in court An ADELAIDE general practitioner faced court yesterday over allegations he forged prescriptions to obtain Stilnox and Tramadol.

58-year-old Graeme Murphy is claimed to have “uttered prescriptions” for the medications which were presented at a pharmacy in Frewville in Feb 2013.

Pharmacy staff alerted police after concerns that the scripts were suspicious and had been issued to a John Brooks, someone who “does not exist to to the best of our knowledge,” according to testimony given during the hearing.

When the police arrived at the pharmacy Murphy fled, with officers claiming he had been “caught in the crosshairs”.

However the defence argued the case had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt, with security footage from the pharmacy being “inconclusive” and claims that police had not conducted an adequate search for the mysterious John Brooks.

The judge will hand down her ruling next month.

FDA tick for Praluent An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration has voted in favour of approving a new cholesterol-lowering therapy developed by Sanofi and Regeneron pharmaceuticals.

Praluent (alicorumab) is a firstin-class PCSK9 inhibitor which has been shown to lower LDL.

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Parent’s• fearsLeading online and print B2B publications around British pharmacy giant Boots vaccinating• their children are to has announced 700 job cuts, under Influential role be analysed• fromCompetitive salary data anticipated a cost reduction program following from an Australia-wide survey out its merger with US chain Walgreens. ofThe Travel Daily Group is looking for the services of a proactive the University of Queensland.

About 400 support roles will journalist to join the team and write across our expanding portfolio Lead researcher Dr Cassandra disappear from its Nottingham of online and print titles.

Dittman said little was known about headquarters while the rest will the attitudes of the majority of the come from across the network You have the overarching responsibility to prepare, write and current generation of Australian but no job losses will occur within edit copy for the daily publication of news in addition to ensuring parents.

Boots pharmacy or optical outlets, deadlines and quality standards are achieved. You will manage “If we know how parents form the company said. coverage, suggest angles and leads, conduct interviews and their opinions, we can start to look The £9 billion merger between atparticipate in events in the pursuit of unique content generation. ways to have respectful and Boots and Walgreens was approved open discussions with them about late last year, with the intention If you have up to three years experience in journalism, are a vaccine safety and effectiveness, if of creating the first “global talented self-starter, have sound understanding of desktop that is what is required,’’ Dittman pharmacy-led health and wellbeing publishing and social media then this could be your next long said. enterprise”. term role.

Some parents delay or refuse Boots said the changes were some vaccines or remain concerned part of plans aimed at “simplifying To apply email your confidential CV with Cover Letter to even when theyjobs@traveldaily.com.au have had their thebefore 15/06/15. structure of support functions children vaccinated, she said. in order to provide a better level The survey is intended to reveal of service...and allow for a more what parents think about vaccines focused investment in key areas to and identify the sources of drive future growth”. information they consult and trust, The company runs more than all of which will lead to providing 2,500 Boots stores across the UK, health care professionals with tools with total staff numbering around to help counsel parents.

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Community health services consultation The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is asking stakeholders for feedback on a draft resource that has been developed to help community health services using the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.

The commission is looking to broaden the applicability of the guide to include other community health services using the NSQHS Standards.

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HCP Peace in Practice Quest for Life Foundation ceo Petrea King will be a key presenter in the Blackmores-sponsored 5-module training workshops titled Peace in Practice for Healthcare Professionals.

The events are planned for May to Nov and held at Blackmores in Warriewood.

Ring 1300 941 488 for more.

Januvia CV safety Sitagliptin (Januvia by Merck Sharp & Dohme) was noninferior to placebo for the primary composite cardiovascular outcome of risk for major adverse events or hospitalisation for heartfailure or adverse events, in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday.

The paper was presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions disclosing that 14,671 diabetes type 2 patients were assigned to add either sitagliptin or placebo to their existing therapy and were followed up for a median of 3.0 years.

Oxford University’s Professor Rury Holman, joint chair of the study, said the research “provides reassurance that sitagliptin may be used safely to improve blood glucose levels” in diabetes type 2 patients at high cardiovascular risk without impacting on rates of cardiovascular complications or heart failure.

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New research by scientists at Northwestern University in the USA clarified there is no data to support the notion that eating the placenta after childbirth can protect women against post-natal depression.

According to a report in the Archives of Women’s Mental Health the practice has gained popularity in recent years, with a number of studies published in relation to placenta eating.

Proponents of “placentophagy” claim it can help with breast milk production, increase energy and enhance mother-child bonding.

However the review, which looked at ten studies, could not find any data to support claims of health benefits from eating the placenta in any form, whether raw, cooked or as tablets.

Emergency services in the UK responded to a rather unusual crisis over the weekend, when a woman called them because she had been superglued to her front door handle.

After initially dismissing her call as a prank, eventually firefighters, paramedics and accident & emergency staff responded and in the end had to saw her free after three hours stuck to the door.

“I got home after spending the evening with my friend who lives nearby and was confused when I realised the door handle was sticky,” 28-year-old Fiona Crabb told the BBC. “I did manage to get the door open and woke up my partner Tony, but I just couldn’t free myself,” she added.

Once the paramedics arrived they tried a range of options including WD-40, hot water, vegetable oil and even Coca Cola before cutting off the handle and using a special solvent.

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